Your Brain on E-Books and Smartphone Apps

Your Brain on E-Books and Smartphone Apps
New York Times (blog)
Last week, my brain played a cruel trick on me. While waiting for my flight to take off, I was reading The New Yorker, the paper version, of course — I know the rules. I became engrossed in an article and swiped my finger down the glossy page to read ...

New York Times (blog)

Banned Books Week begins 30th year today
Alamogordo Daily News
The Alamogordo Public Library will celebrate BBW with its annual Costume Gala, from 3-6 p.m. Wednesday. Come dressed as a character from a banned book, or not. A list of Banned Books is available online at the ALA website, www.ala.org/bbooks, or at ...

Weekend picks for book lovers
USA TODAY
2012 - What should you read this weekend? Here are a few suggestions from USA TODAY's bookstaff. Love Anthony by Lisa Genova; Gallery Books, 309 pp., $26; fiction. Lisa Genova's novels ring true. A neuroscientist who worked in research before trying ...

Books: New and Noteworthy
USA TODAY
Arnold Schwarzenegger's 'Total Recall' is certain to generate a lot of talk; Other notable books: 'Live by Night,' 'The Round House,' 'The End of Your Life Book Club'. 1:37PM EST September 29. 2012 - We scope out the hottest books on sale the week of Sept.

Author of guerrilla warfare books to aid NY group
Wall Street Journal
SCHROON LAKE, N.Y. — An author of a series of books on backwoods guerrilla warfare on the New York frontier during the French and Indian War is coming to the aid of his hometown historians. Bob Bearor and his wife Holly are presenting a historical ...

Schwarzenegger book 'recalls' run for governor
TheReporter.com
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Arnold Schwarzenegger says his wife, Maria Shriver, was told to "snap out of it" by her mother for her attempts to persuade him against running for California governor in 2003, a conversation that ultimately opened the door to his ...

Book embargoes create buzz, leaks
Bend Bulletin
Thursday was the release date for the first book for adults written by the empress of Hogwarts. Reviews were embargoed until 1 a.m. and book sales until 3 a.m. Since Rowling's Harry Potterbooks have sold more than 450 million copies worldwide, the ...

Book Reviews: 'Live by Night' by Dennis Lehane and 'Sutton' by J.R. Moehringer
New York Daily News
Book Reviews: 'Live by Night' by Dennis Lehane and 'Sutton' by J.R. Moehringer. Also: 'The Jewels of Paradise' by Donna Leon, 'Goldberg Variations' by Susan Isaacs, and 'The End of Your Life Book Club' by William Schwalbe. By Sherryl Connelly / NEW ...

New York Daily News

Schwarzenegger opens up, admits affairs in new book
USA TODAY
The former governor says in the book that he had decided against running to recall Gov. Gray Davis after his wife implored him not to for the sake of their family. Maria Shriver announced his decision to their four children. But he writes that when ...

7 books about the Supreme Court
Boston Globe
His latest book, the buzz-worthy “The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court” (Doubleday, 2012) takes us from Chief Justice John Roberts' flubbed oath of office at Obama's inaugural to when Roberts sided, shockingly, with the court's four ...

Boston Globe

Daily Local News - Book News
LATEST NEWS; Local Wrap: Zaki captures third straight tennis. ... Publisher Barricade Books of Fort Lee, N.J., announced the book will be available through ...
www.dailylocal.com/article/20120930/LIFE01/.../book-news

Natick's rabbi asks profound question in new book - News - Boston ...
NATICK, Mass. (AP) — Reviving an argument from the Hebrew Bible, Rabbi Harold S. Kushner is seeking an answer to the timeless question Job posed to God: ...
www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/.../story.html

Latest Japan Book News Online | Junbungaku
The latest and always excellent issue of Japan Book News is online and worth checking out for their detailed English summaries of recent books. It covers a lot ...
www.junbungaku.com/2012/.../latest-japan-book-news-online/

Brigitte Nielsen affair claims part of Arnold Schwarzenegger book, 'Total Recall'
ABC7Chicago.com
September 30, 2012 (LOS ANGELES) -- rnold Schwarzenegger says his wife, Maria Shriver, was told to "snap out of it" by her mother for her attempts to persuade him against running for California governor in 2003, a conversation that ultimately opened ...

'Spillover': Deadly diseases that jump from animals to humans
The Seattle Times
'Spillover': Deadly diseases that jump from animals to humans. Book review: In "Spillover," acclaimed science writer David Quammen tells the frightening story of diseases that jump from animals to humans. Quammen will discuss his book Oct. 9 at Town ...

Topeka neighbors set up boxes to exchange books
Sacramento Bee
TOPEKA, Kan. -- Residents in two Topeka neighborhoods are checking out books at Little Free Libraries. It's part of a national project to promote literacy by installing small boxes in people's yards that neighbors can use to take or donate books - all ...

Vt. authors to read from banned or censored books
Boston.com
In Vermont, readers including poet, playwright and author David Budbill, writer and storyteller Willem Lange of East Montpelier, and author Katherine Paterson of Barre will read from banned or censored works on Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Christ ...

Amazon Kindle Paperwhite eBook Reader – It's offering a lot in lesser price
PC-Tablet
The eBook reader boasts of an 8 week battery life even after the lights are on. The Kindle paper whiteeBook reader has 1100 books in its memory and a built in Wi-Fi lets you download any book within 60 seconds. Users can also use the new Time to Read ...

Wigtown Book Festival 2012: a literary rabbit and a talent contest for all
Telegraph.co.uk
But in 1999 the town was awarded the title of 'Scotland's national book town'. The badge has been instrumental in the regeneration of the area and Wigtown has now become, with the help of the book festival which began in the same year, a firmly ...

Telegraph.co.uk

Kill your idols
Chicago Tribune
Try putting that into book form. And so it was, to a degree, with Jarnow and Yo La Tengo. His first mission wasn't reporting — it was protecting his own fandom. "I wanted to seal it off in a vault," he said. "I didn't want to dig into the band so ...

Chicago Tribune

Book excerpt: Borje Salming took nearly 300 stitches in face when it was ...
Detroit Free Press
An excerpt from “Hockeytown Doc: A Half-century of Red Wings Stories from Howe to Yzerman,” a new book by Dr. John Finley, team physician from 1957-2003. Toronto defenseman Borje Salming woke up in a Detroit hotel room and was nearly moved to ...

Natick's rabbi asks profound question in new book
Boston Herald
NATICK — Reviving an argument from the Hebrew Bible, Rabbi Harold S. Kushner is seeking an answer to the timeless question Job posed to God: Why must the innocent suffer? In his soon-to-be published "The Book of Job," the rabbi laureate at Temple ...

In Sunlight and In Shadow
USA TODAY
(Nearly every character speaks in the same voice as the author, too, a sure sign of a bad novel; anyone who wishes to observe genius at first hand should listen for the subtly different registers of speech in the dialogue of, for example, Jane Austen ...

Book collector selling first-edition Bond series
New York Post
The woman claimed she had worked as “char lady,” or maid, for the famous British author, who gave the book to her as a gift after its publication in 1953. Intrigued, Hirschhorn offered Fleming's maid 1,000 pounds, or $1,600, for the rare ... The book ...

New York Post

Silver City author M. John Fayhee goes on tour
Desertexposure
Actually, quite literally two, as the Silver City-based author has just had published two books at once — The Colorado Mountain Companion, a uniquely engaging collection of "useful miscellany from the highest parts of the highest state," as the ...

David Sibley: Birder and author shares his experiences during Eastern Shore ...
Daily Press (blog)
David Sibley, author of Sibley guides to birding, shares some of his birding experiences during a 7 p.m. Oct. 5 program at the Eastern Shore Birding & Wildlife Festival ... http://www.esvafestivals.org/. Your funniest birding story? Well, one funny ...

Authors, readers converge at book festival
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Earlier in the day, what seemed like more than 100 little girls in frilly dresses accompanied by parents and grandparents attended an afternoon tea at the Holiday Inn with author Lisa Yee, who wrote the Kanani books in the American Girl series. Allison ...

Rock of pages
Chicago Tribune
The 33 1/3 series launched in September 2003 with six books across a relatively narrow spectrum, mostly white rock artists and their albums released between 1969 and 1985: Dusty Springfield, Love, Neil Young, The Kinks, The Smiths and Pink Floyd. In ...

Chicago Tribune

After 35 years, 'Fatal Vision' author, killer meet again
CNN
"He looked like a shadow," McGinniss said of MacDonald, now 68, who some believe the author betrayed for his 1983 best-selling book "Fatal Vision." "He has a pallor, there was no substance to him," McGinniss continued. "I guess many years in prison can ...

'May We Be Forgiven' delivers satiric view of toxic family
Detroit Free Press
Alexandra Horowitz: Author of “Inside of a Dog — What Dogs See, Smell and Know” will discuss her book at event presented by the Michigan Humane Society and the Animals and Society Institute, 7 p.m. Thu. Shriners Silver Garden Events Center, 24350 ...

Pilot's book could just fly off the shelves
Times Record News
O'Connor, now a T-38 simulator instructor pilot with the 80th Flying Training Wing, wrote a bookabout his experience flying the F-117 during the Kosovo War in 1999. ABOVE: An F-117A is shown on initial takeoff from Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico.

History book a labor of love
Plattsburgh Press Republican
TUPPER LAKE — Heartfelt memories of happy childhood days prompted Carol Payment Poole to publish a book about her hometown, Tupper Lake Junction. “Rising from the Swamp” chronicles the founding families of “The Junction,” also known as Faust.

American Author Praises Iranian President's "Worthwhile Public Diplomacy"
Fars News Agency
Lawrence Davidson, a renowned American author, political commentator and professor of history at the West Chester University was one of those who had the opportunity to meet President Ahmadinejad in New York's Hotel Warwick. "My impression of ...

Fars News Agency

Book on Johns' murder mostly succeeds
Springfield News-Leader
Stories that I've covered rarely end up the subject of books, so I wasted no time picking up a copy of “Murder on a Lonely Road” after it was released Sept. 4. The book, written by a pair of investigative reporters in Belleville, Ill., covers the ...

Book Review | San Miguel: Lonely island existence takes its toll
Columbus Dispatch
Boyle, who has written 23 books, has an extraordinary gift for putting himself into the minds of women — particularly those dragged along in the wake of men whose desires and ambitions don't leave room for theirs. Boyle is known for his sharp ironies ...

Columbus Dispatch

Vitriolic Book About Kate Gosselin Written By Jon's Pal Removed ...
Amazon has removed from sale a shockingly vitriolic book about Kate Gosselin after legal intervention by two top law firms, RadarOnline.com is reporting exclusively. Kate Gosselin: How She Fooled The World, an e-book written by Jon ...
Radar Online

New Book Says Eat Aliens « CBS Philly
By ATAtkins
Invasive species are a known problem and author Jackson Landers, a professional hunter and locovore, has a solution: eat them. ... New Book Suggests Expanding Your Diet – Eat Aliens. September 30, 2012 9:45 AM. 

Kickstarter Project For Book On How To Fund Kickstarter Projects ...
By Michael Arrington
He noticed, for example, how Apple is telling users to drive off a bridge. His most recent tweet – And sure enough, the project was cancelled due to lack of funding. Cubrilovic tells me he bookmarked the original post on BoingBoing by author…
Uncrunched

Sarah Palin's Father And Brother Write Book
By John Stegeman
Sarah Palin's father and brother want the world to see the former governor and vice presidential candidates through their eyes, so they've written a book. Our Sarah: Made in Alaska paints an intimate portrait of Alaska's first female governor.
The Inquisitr

Book Review: Segregation: A Global History of Divided Cities ...
By Blog Admin
The author's ambit of segregation analysis is much wider than the standard European/US story of industrial cities and mass migration. His book contains a series of chapters starting with the European explorations of the Indian sub-continent ...
EUROPP

Fantasy Book Critic: Spotlight on October Books
By Liviu
Four More 2012 Books of Interest: Miles Cameron, E... PRESS RELEASE & BOOK NEWS: Snorri Kristjansson, Ja... Clean by Alex Hughes w/ Bonus Q&A with the author . .... There are more than twice as many new sff and related releases this month in traditional publishing not to speak of the countless indies from Amazon and Smashwords but we are limiting ourselves to books that will be reviewed here or are similar with such. For the full schedule of October 2012 titles known to us, ...
Fantasy Book Critic

IHeart Organizing: IHeart an Instagram Blurb Book & a GIVEAWAY!
By iheartorganizing
Once you can finally settle down, you need to hop on over to the Blurb website, sign up, use the Bookify book making tool to import your Instagram photos, enter INSTAHEART at checkout and a charming little memory book will be all yours! Discount offer valid through Wednesday, Oct 3rd, 2012 (11:59 p.m. local time). Offer covers up to US $19.95, EUR €17.95, AUD $21.95, or CAD $19.95 off your product total for books made by you. This offer is good for one-time use and cannot be ...
IHeart Organizing

6Mbs Event to be Held at WNY Book Arts Center on October 23 ...
By Buffalo Rising
Buffalo Architecture Foundation, Inc. (BAF) is organizing the second 6Mbs: 6 Minutes Building Stories to be hosted at Western New York Book Arts Center (WNYBAC) on October 23, 2012 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. ... Steve Cichon, WBEN News Director and Author of The Complete History of Parkside and Irv! Buffalo's Anchorman; Courtney Creenan, Design Team Member of Elevator B at Silo City; Chris Fritton, Studio Director at the Western New York Book Arts Center; Dennis Galucki, The...
Buffalo Rising

Learning F#: What books using other programming languages can ...
By Guy Coder
With this being such an effective method of learning, I plan to translate the code in more books to F#, but books primarily focused on functional concepts or real world applications typically known for being written with a functional language such as AI, compilers, Theorem Provers and ... I am looking for answers from people who have been doing functional programming for years and have found working through such a book a key to their success with functional programming. Examples ...
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Guardian review | Books | The Guardian
Simon Garfield: a life in books ... Critical eye: book reviews roundup ... Agatha Christie at her desk, between two piles of books In a long-lost ... Author M.J Hyland ...
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Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog: New Books in September
Authors and/or publishers kindly sent me these new books this month: Framing Democracy: A ...Routledge Philosophers (book series edited by Brian Leiter) ...
leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/.../new-books-in-september.ht...

Books you should read before coming to Colombia (8 books)
8 books based on 1 votes: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez, Open ...Goodreads: Book reviews, recommendations, and discussion ...
www.goodreads.com/.../25701.Books_you_should_read_befo...

Best fiction books for a 13 year old girl? - Yahoo! Answers
Best fiction books for a 13 year old girl? I need a book for my book report. It can't be a book that became a movie and it has to be any kind of fiction. I need like a ...
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Amazon KDP Support: Should a novel include the author's ...
My books do too. Yet, professional authors do not do this, which is understandable. So my questions are: Does this make the book, and therefore the author, ...
https://kdp.amazon.com/community/thread.jspa?messageID...

Interview: Henry Massie, Author of Felice's Worlds - seattlepi.com
Dr. Henry Massie, a psychiatrist who now resides in CA, is an award-winning author. He is also a pioneering researcher in the field of autism. His book Felice's ...
www.seattlepi.com/.../Interview-Henry-Massie-Author-of-Felic...



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